Prepare Digital Talents, Udayana University Signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Communication and Informatics

The Rector of Udayana University attended the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Communication and Information, Tuesday (17/05/2022), which took place at the JW Marriot Hotel, Yogyakarta. Besides the Rector of Udayana University, there were leaders from 48 other universities from various provinces in Indonesia.

The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding was also coupled with the launching of the Digital Talent Scholarship (DTS). This DTS program aims to prepare superior Human Resources to accelerate digital transformation in the field of entrepreneurship in order to improve the digital economy.

Hari Budianto as the Head of the Research and Development Agency for Human Resources Kominfo in his speech appreciated the university leaders who have taken a role in the success of this collaboration. We are entering the digital era and the 4.00 industrial revolution. Digital society, or society 5.0, we used to know information technology, broadcasting technology, internet technology. Then it developed into ICT, and now it continues to grow and is known as the digital era which is growing quite rapidly.

The pandemic demands that people master digital, currently GDP has increased by 6 percent from digital, in addition 90 percent of the workforce is also from the digital field. For this reason, it is necessary to immediately implement a digital talent strategy, so as not to be left behind.

In response to this, the Ministry of Communication and Informatics invites universities to create digital talents in Indonesia, because the Communication and Information Technology cannot work alone, and needs to be supported by universities. The Research and Human Resources Development Agency of the Ministry of Communication and Informatics has created various excellent programs funded by a talent scholarship program in order to prepare digital talents in various aspects and various segments, targeted in parallel and ready to use in the industrial world, and in everyday life.

In terms of e-commerce or MSMEs, currently 50 percent are not digital literate, so they will be encouraged to go digital. Let's rise up, let's go digital for the betterment of Indonesia, hopes the Head of the Research and Development Agency for Human Resources Kominfo.